- Creator
- Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869
- Call number
- MssCol 4479
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Amos Kendall letters and documents, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Location
- MssCol 4479
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Letters and documents of Amos Kendall, American lawyer, journalist, politician, and Postmaster General during the Jackson and Van Buren administrations. Early letters relate to business ventures and debts; letters dating from the 1830s concern Kendall's political activities as a member of Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet," as well as his journalistic interests, with recipients including Virgil Maxcy and John McLean. Several letters relate to Kendall's investment in, and activities on behalf of, Samuel Morse's telegraph system. Other documents present in the collection were generated during Kendall's service as Postmaster General, and relate to the operations and management of the United States Postal Service
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Custodial history
Some material was originally received as part of the Ford collection.
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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328